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A touch of the fine arts. Unpleasant in effect, but the keeping is good.
1824
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Omega Project
Project Omega was conceived by the Library's Strategic Council - a scoped three year project aimed to facilitate the effective discovery and presentation of our collections, with a focus on the digitization of the Special Collections Graphic Arts backlog in Firestone library.
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
The Graphic Arts Collection holds prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and printed ephemera along with an international book collection specializing in fine press,
Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 12/GC021/Box 11/Normal/19th c./Artists A-DeWilde GA 2011.00709
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1824.
- People
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- Author
- Alken, Henry, 1785-1851
- Language
- No linguistic content
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- A touch of the fine arts. Unpleasant in effect, but the keeping is good.
- Call Number
- E South 12/GC021/Box 11/Normal/19th c./Artists A-DeWilde GA 2011.00709
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc2j62sh631
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1824.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1824
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 24.2 x 30.3 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Soft-ground etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Caricature regarding prisoners. Group of men inside prison cell.
- Numbered in plate, upper right: "2".
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Hy Alken, delt.".
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/8d4fc283-0072-41c4-8cc2-a66a69000e83/manifest